“Connect Images in the Edit Based on an Analysis of Characters”: Editor Cooper Raiff on Hal & Harper
Director Cooper Raiff returns to Sundance after his prize-winning Cha Cha Real Smooth with the episodic series Hal & Harper, about a pair of codependent siblings and their father. The first four episodes of Hal & Harper will screen as part of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival’s Episodics section. Besides directing, Raiff also served as editor on the series. Below, he talks about his approach to editing as a writer-director and why editing the series transformed his understanding of its characters. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the editor of your series? What were the factors and attributes that led […] The post “Connect Images in the Edit Based on an Analysis of Characters”: Editor Cooper Raiff on Hal & Harper first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
Director Cooper Raiff returns to Sundance after his prize-winning Cha Cha Real Smooth with the episodic series Hal & Harper, about a pair of codependent siblings and their father. The first four episodes of Hal & Harper will screen as part of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival’s Episodics section. Besides directing, Raiff also served as editor on the series. Below, he talks about his approach to editing as a writer-director and why editing the series transformed his understanding of its characters. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the editor of your series? What were the factors and attributes that led […] The post “Connect Images in the Edit Based on an Analysis of Characters”: Editor Cooper Raiff on Hal & Harper first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.